The Outdoor Learning School & Store is a charitable social enterprise offering excellent outdoor learning training, tools, resources & equipment with 100% of proceeds going back to supporting outdoor learning non-profit initiatives!
This course is open to everyone – both Indigenous and non-Indigenous participants who wish to learn to uplift language revitalization. The colonial names of the geographic regions that this course would be most applicable for are Saskatchewan, Alberta, Manitoba and Montana.
We offer this language learning opportunity as a partnership between our charitable social enterprise (the Outdoor Learning School), and Natural Curiosity.
We know that Indigenous knowledge and perspectives are foundational to outdoor learning and learning from the land, and that learning that language of the local land is a critical part of deepening knowledge and understanding. Non-Indigenous educators can take steps towards reconciliation by participating in language courses like these as a way to uplift language revitalization and deepen their own understanding of local place.
Indigenous languages carry connections to lands, ancestors, traditions, and contain ecological knowledge crucial for sustainable living, medicinal practices, and traditional storytelling, enriching our collective wisdom. By supporting Indigenous language revitalization efforts, we not only preserve linguistic diversity but also uphold Indigenous Peoples’ fundamental rights to their languages and cultures.
Rollin Baldhead is Nêhiyaw (Cree) of One Arrow First Nation in Saskatchewan. As an Indigenous educator with a Bachelor of Education from the University of Saskatchewan, he now uses his degree and skill that he’s learned from his family, friends, and life experiences to teach in a classroom and on the land.
Rollin will also be welcoming in Nehiyaw Elders who can support this learning journey, and this learning will be supported by Alyson McMullen (Swampy Cree heritage).
All sessions will be recorded, and the recording will be made available to registrants for 3 months following the final live session. Throughout the course, participants will be encouraged to actively engage with the material through interactive discussions, group activities, and storytelling sessions. Additionally, the use of multimedia resources, guest speakers will enhance the immersive and creative learning experience.
